Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.

This bill amends New Jersey's stalking law to specifically protect adoptive parents and children under 18. It adds a definition of "course of conduct" to include repeated communications with the adoptive child by a person whose parental rights were terminated, if done against the adoptive parent's instructions. The bill also requires courts to issue restraining orders against such individuals when they commit specific crimes (like assault, stalking, or harassment) against the adoptive parent. These orders can prohibit contact, mandate staying away from the adoptive parent's home or workplace, and include other protective measures. The law applies exclusively to people who had their parental rights terminated for the child.